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Title Categorysort ascending Code Description
Cost Share - EBCT Expense 9957 Cost Share object code for EBEN level. System use only.
Benefits - CCTS - Summer Session Expense 5932 Used to record expenses related to summer session studies under the Cornell Children's Tuition Scholarship program. Bursar generated and manual. Central Use Only.
Travel, Domestic, Student,Mission-relatd Expense 6752 Expenditures for domestic travel that the university considers to be travel among the fifty states, its possessions, or its territories. Use: For class trip or mission related educational travel of students, normally paid through the travel reimbursement process. All fees associated with a trip should be charged to the travel object code. Not for Business-related travel, nor student travel grants. See policy 3.2 for further details.
Interdept - Room & Space Rental Expense 6631 Expenditures for on campus room & space rental Use: Biotech, ILR conference center, Sage Hall, etc.
Transfer Out - to Faculty Start-up Expense 8055 Used in the operating account (Fund GN or RG) providing funds to another operating account specifically set up hold a faculty member's start-up funding.
Cost Share object code for CAPA level Expense 9970 Cost Share object code for CAPA level. System use only.
Trade Consumables Expense 6535 Expenditures for consumable materials for use by the Trades within FCS. Use: Facilities and Campus Services
Temporary Employee - Full Bene Expense 5410 Salary and wages for certain Benefits-Only positions (e.g. decedent spouse; long-term disability). Max fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %
Donation From Cornell Expense 6390 Use for contributions from Cornell to a outside entity OR used for the movement of funds to Independent Student Organizations on the EO chart. Use: Contributions over $500 must be approved by Community Relations Office. Approval is not needed when funding ISO's (limited to use by Student and Academic Services). Payments in lieu of flowers should be coded to 6420.
Interdept - Parking Permits & Other Fees Expense 6205 Expenditures for parking permits and other fees. Use: Transportation department. (must be used with interdept income)
Extension Association - Managerial Expense 5255 CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION USE ONLY. Salary for NYS Extension Association managers. Max fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %
Capital Construction - Fixed Equipment Expense 3970 For use only in accounts with a sub-fund group code of PLCIP or PLSUCF. Used to record Fixed Equipment (non-moveable, permanently attached equipment) purchased in a construction project account.
Books Asset 1850 Asset, balance represents capitalized acquisition value of university's cataloged library books Use: Used periods 1-13, auto generated entry when certain capital acquisition objects (level CAPA) are used on PREQs, FP docs or feed files
Accounts Receivable - Travel Advance Asset 1400 An asset created to cover travel expenses for an employee. Use: An advance to an employee or designee for travel at a future date. This receivable is relieved when the travel reimbursement and/or an advance deposit is processed.
Accum Depr - Books Asset 1855 Contra-asset, balance represents accumulated value of depreciation recorded for university's catalogued library books Use: Used by central DFS staff 3 times per year (Dec, Mar, Jun).
Accounts Receivable - Project Advance Asset 1410 An asset created to cover project expenses. Use: An advance to an employee or designee for project expenses. This receivable is relieved when the project reimbursement and/or an advance deposit is processed.
Art & Collections Asset 1860 Asset, balance represents capitalized acquisition value of university's artworks at the Johnson Museum Use: Used periods 1-13, auto generated entry when certain capital acquisition objects (level CAPA) are used on PREQs, FP docs or feed files
Accounts Receivable -Participant Advance Asset 1420 An asset created to cover participant fees. Use: An advance to an employee or designee for participant fees. This receivable is relieved when the participant fee reimbursement and/or an advance deposit is processed.
Accum Depr - Art & Collect Asset 1865 Contra-asset, balance represents value of depreciation recorded for university's museum artworks Use: Used periods 1-12, auto generated once per month when the depreciation batch job is run. System determines amount of transaction based on records in the CAM Module
Inventories Asset 1600 A current asset whose ending balance should represent the cost of an authorized department's products awaiting to be sold. Use: Record items purchased for resale including all costs associated with the product (i. e. shipping).

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